Reducing garment



Patented June r14, 1927.

UNITED STAT-Es PATENT oFFlcE. l

Bamm e. Woax AND LoursA N. sLADn or NnW Yomr, N. y., AssIeNons 'ro 'rnnn r. eoomucn COMPANY, or NEW Yoan, N. Y., A conroaA'rIoN or NEW Yoan.

`nun'crcnm GABMENT.

Application Med September 16,1924. Serial No. 737,988.

- forming a part of the article, to render such cover removable from therubber portion or lining so that both parts may be effectively cleansed,and to coordinate the structure and relationof thev cover and lining insuch a.

manner as to allow for'the expansion of said lining while providing asmooth fitting cover when thel garment is in use.

\ Of the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation showing mainlythe front of our improved reducing garmentl in a preferr-'ed form, withone margin of the cover unfastened and turned back.

Fig. 2 is an Velevation showing mainly the rear of the garment withthecover andrear stay-pockets partly broken away.

In the drawings, 10 is the liningof the garment vjmade of elastic,vulcanized sheet rubber, and preferably comprising two wide panels 11adapted to embrace the front, sides and rear of the body,.and a narrowrear panel 12 connected with the panels 11 by means of flat, tubularbindin stri s 13 of'fabric cefto t e margins of themented and stitchesheet rubber and constituting sheaths or pockets for the stiff, flexiblestays 14. The top edge of the lining and the bottom front edges thereofare provided with fabric bind- Aing tapes 15, .16 secured in likemannerto the 'sheet rubber, and the vertical front edges 40 are provided withsimilarly attached, relatively-wide fabric bindings 17, 18, preferablymade tubular for the reception of stiff, iiexible stays 19 of suitablelength. The

usual or any suitable corset fastenin and adjustment may be rovided,prefera ly at the front as here s own, binding 17 being furnished with arow of loo s or eyes 20 engaging with a row of hoos 21 on a verticalhook-strip 22, -said '60 strip being adjustably connected with the edgebinding 18 by means of aalacing 23...

We provide the sheet rubber lining of our garment witha large number ofsmallperforations 24, indicated in Fig.` 1 and partly shown in Fig. 2,for the purpose' o per- `sli'g land it is detachably secured to thelining the edge of the,

mitting a direct `escape of perspiration through the lining instead ofcompelling it to pass entirely around the edges thereof between thelining and the body or along the fabric undergarment over which the re.

ducing girdle is preferablyworn. Such control-ofthe escapingperspiration `renders the 4garment more comfortable, and sanitary,

while permitting'it to exercise its support ing and reducing functions,and the perforation of the rubber at the Sametime renders the liningmore stretchable, more completely conformable, and more-comfortable tothe wearer than an `imperforate lining.

- The erforation of the rubber panels is pre erab y' accomplished .bypunching, minute disks out of said panels after the latter have beenAvulcanized, 'but the4 foraminous construction may beaobtained in anyother suitable. wa-y.,

25 is a fabric cover, preferably made of fine knit jersey cloth with'the threads rrunning horizontally so as to make the fabric .moststretchable in a transverse direction.

This cover is cut to the 'same' general shape and dimensions as thelining 10, but slightly longlcr tha-n the latter so as to overla 'it tlyat lboth the upper and lower e ges,

b means of sna' -fastener members 26, 2i placed at the ront and back ofthe upper edges and along the vertical 4frontl edges of the garment, thefastener members 26 on the lining being located on the fabric bindin sthereof.

The Width of the cover 25 is su srtantially the same as that of thelining 10 at the top edge of the garment,but in the lower portion thecover 1s madel of a normal width somewhaty greater than that ofthelining, so thatwhen the arment is unstretched` 'the cover will have aullness in'its lower or hip-covering portion and will fit smoothly `whenthe garment is stretched -as'I indicated in the drawings.'

The fabric cover 25 absorbs the pers iration which passes throu h` thesmall ho es in lthe rubber lining, tcon ers a neat outward appearance,and prevents the chafng of the a )acent By detachably supportmg's'aidcover on the lining in--the manner set forth, We make a outer clothingyagainst the rubber.

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of the other when damaged from wear or other cause.

It will be manifest that our invention may be embodied in various formsof reducing garments, and the details of construction may-be suitablymodified within the scope of our claims. i

We claim: v

1. A body girdle comprising an elastic,

-`non-absorbent rubber lining having numerous small openingstherethrough to permit the escape of perspiration, a fabric cover.loosely overlying said ylining for absorbing the perspiration, andseparable fasteners connecting the edge portions of said lining andcover and permitting complete detach- -ment of the cover, thus allowingthe lining and cover each to be completely cleansed independently of theother.

2. A body girdle according to claim 1 in Whichfthe lining is made ofperforated sheet rubber having smooth and readily cleansable surfaces onboth sides.

3. An abdominal girdle according to claim 1 in which the lower edge ofthe cover, between its ends, is free from the lining and 'its and theadjacent' lower portions of the' cover are of greater width thanl thelining when the latter is unstretched7 permitting the lining to bestretched over the wearers hips and thereby to tighten said lowerportions ofthe cover.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set`

